Rail-anchor.



INVENTOR PATENTED $EPT. 18, 1906.

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A. 0. BUGKIUS, JR. RAIL ANCHOR APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1906- LJJQVJJJ WITNIQBIS PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. A. 0. BUGKIUS, JR.

RAIL ANCHOR. APPLIOAITION FILED JUNE 14, 1906.

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WITNESSES .ln, of Chicago, invented a new an 5 which the following is description, reference companying drawings, specification,

Figure 1 is a central vertical'section showimproved rail-anchor ap' 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 3 is a modification, partly in i ing one form of my plied to a rail. the same. section and. partly is a detail View, an r the wedge.

which the cars on the travel in the same direction there is a ten he the corrugations which engage the base of the rail and hold the 2 is formed 12, having a lat- 13 and designed to the side of the tie, and thereby form a stop'by means of which creeping of ency of the rails to creep lengthwise on t ties in the direction of travel.

which have heretofore been prop venting such creeping, in so been unsatisfactory on account of their complexity and because of the difiiof properly tightening and holding them to the rail after they have become loosened by the jarring and corrosion of the parts to which they are especially subjected.

designed to overaware, have 2 5 culty come t construction,

5 and base which embraces the of the rail and which at its opposite end carries a movable 'aw 4, which embraces the opposite edge of t is of stirrup or loop1 form and is seated on t t e flanges 5- and 6 thereof,

base 2,

The upper and securely nnrrnn sit-Apps PATIENT enrich;

ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR 0F CH ICAGO, lLLINOlS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE (JASTINGS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLI- N018, A CORPORATIQN OF OHIO. v

RAlLPANCHORB Specification of Letters Patent.

Yatented Sept. 18, 19Q6.

To all whmn t'tmay concern.-

Be it known that 1, ALBERT O. BUGKIUS, Cook county, Illinois, have d useful Rail-Anchor, of a full, clear, and exact the acforming part of this being had to Fig.

in end elevation. Fig.

On railways having far as i The present invention is which can be With these ob ects in View my invention construction, arrangearts, all substaned, and pointed and combination of as hereinafter descri Inthe accom anyin to extend transversely underneat having edge portion of the ebaseof the rail. The jaw between held up in place.

(1 Fig. 5 is a 'detail view of two or more tracks in several tracks do not (1- hard metal for en agement with the rail-base,

b form of teeth,

The devices osed for preese dificulties and provides an anticreeping anchor which is of cheap and simple readily and securely applied to the rail, and which can be quickly and readily tightened should it be- 3 5 come loose in service.

he tending under the vided with a jaw at one end, and with a depending portion mounted at the opposite end surface of the base-piece spondingly-inclined surface of formed with the lugs lateral movement.

with a clamping-nut the outer end of the wedge. By screwin this nut a ainst the Wedge the latter is force 11 the 4 t e under side of the rail-base.

be readily taken u nut. The up er ace of the we eing in the rail securely. The base portion with a depending projection eral strengthening-rib bear against the rail is prevented.

of forming the base-piece 2 with a ti htening-wedge. 7, wedge of ig. 1. gaged by one of the wedges and the other end bearin of the other wedge.

end.

Fig. 1

ways without departing scope of my invention, since hat I claim is-' 4 1. A rail-anchor havin' base 0 at its end is inclined at 3 'to form, a bearing-surface for the correa tighteningwedge 7, which is seated thereon, and 1s 8, which hold it against The wedge is perforated to receive a bolt 9', which is seated in the base .2, the-outer end of the bolt being provided 10, which bears against ined surface 3 of the base a ainst Any ooseness which may be developed at any time can by simply tightening this ge is preferably provide with a corrugated insert 11 of in the modification shown in Fig. 3 instead with an integral jaw at one end I provide the base with. two separate jaws i and l each of which is similar to the separate jaw in the construction first described and each of which is provided simila i'to the Both these wedges are en-i through-bolt 14, having h head 15 at one end bearing against the outer end,of{

a clamping-nut 16'at against the outer face, y screwing up this nut both the wedges are simultaneously tight- The manner in which the device is applied h to therail will be readily understoo from The device may bemgidified in various from the spirit and a base-piece eX- the rail and proa ls - base, wedge members seated on the basehaving a depending projection, rail-ho portion of the base-piece, and a wedge device arranged to engage the under side of the base of the rail; substantially as described.

2. In a rail-anchor, a base-piece having a jaw thereon and a depending rojection, and a wedge device seated on the ase-piece and arranged to pass underneath the base of the rail; substantially as described.

3. In a rail-anchor, a base-pieee having a depending projection and a movable jaw en gaged therewith, a wedge member seated between the base-piece and the base of the rail, and means for adjusting the wedge member; substantially as described.

4. A' rail-anchor having a base member formed with an inclined surface, a wedge movable on said surface against the base of the rail, and a jaw seated on the base member and engaged by the wedge; substantially as described. i

5. A rail-anchor having a base-piece formed with a depending sto projection, and having rail-engaging jaws t ereon, at least one of said jaws being movable, and a wedge device arranged to engage the base of the rail; substantially as described.

6. A rail-anchor consisting of a baseiece Fding aws seated upon each end portion of the ass-piece, and arranged to hold the railpiece, and engaging the jaws, and means for movin the wedges; substantiaiiy as describe? I 7. In a rail-anchor, a base member having a depending stop portion and inclined surfaces at its ends, wedges movable on the inclined surfaces, rail-engaging jaws engaged with the base member and enga ed by the wedges, and means for tightening t ewedges substantially as described.

8. A raiLanchor having a base-piece formed with a depending stop projection and having transversely-movable wedges seated on its end srtions, and jaws engaging the base mem er and engaged by the wedges, to-

gether with means for moving the wedges;

substantially as described.

9. A rail-anchor, consisting of a base-piece having a depending projection to bear against a rail-tie, a stirrup mounted on the basepiece and having a jaw to hold the flange of the rail, and a gripping-wedge arranged to have a biting contact with'the bottom of the rail; substantially as described.

In testimon whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

I ALBERT 0., BUCKIUS, JR.

1 Witness-es: I

EDWARD P. Bauer, CLAYTON MOON. 

